...of the smaller victims, which, for aught we know, are equally susceptible of pain? Wordsworth says that — he who feels contempt For any living thing,...never used; that thought with him Is in its infancy. But so it is ; the idea of any minute creature suffering pain is treated with ridicule. If insects...

...may learn; to dwell on other feelings than Human love, hatred, and revenge. It is no longer a mystery "That pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty,...contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he haa never used: that thought with him IB in its infancy." There are those now that can lead forth their...

...down upon our ephemeral greatness ? Divinely hath Wordsworth sung — " Know that prido ïïowe'er disguised in its own majesty. Is littleness; that...contempt For any living thing, hath faculties. Which he hath never used, that thought with him Is in its inlai.cy." If we sympathise little in the ordinary...

...the world intensely, he affected to despise it, and had not learned that true wisdom, which teaches " That he who feels contempt For any living thing, hath...never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy." Mr. Willoughby's impressions concerning his new friends may be best conveyed by a part of one of his...

...yearning toward those little immaturities ; and notwithstanding Wordsworth's profound saying — " That he who feels contempt For any living thing, hath...Which he has never used ; that thought, with him, Ig m its infancy" — We do rather despise a man that looks with a cold eye and a curled lip upon a...

...asked Lawrence. "A very great poet," replied Ella, "and he tells us, as well as I can remember, that be who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never tried — that thought with him Is in its infancy — " " I don't quite agree with that," remarked...

...mountains, but who would forget its flowers ? In the world of animate and of inanimate existence, " He who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he hath never used; and thought with him Is in its infancy." — WOBDSVYORTH. Only a mess of pottage cost...

...halter. Accordingly, cordingly, to whom is it that Mr. Wordsworth addresses his admonition P — ' IF thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure — ' It is one thus eminently endowed— -one whose gift of imagination has filled his mind with pure...

...and signs, and intellectual abstractions, instead of facts and human sensations.— -Francis Wright. IF Thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young...Stranger! henceforth be warned ; and know that pride, Hoice'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he, icho feels contempt For any living...

...consequence at his advanced age. CHAPTER X. Pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; and he who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used. O, be wiser, then ! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love: True dignity abides with him alone,...